Direct AMD Comparison - Phenom And Athlon X2
In the following table we compare the most important technical characteristics of the Phenom and the Athlon X2.
The bottom of the Phenom CPU.
Phenom vs. Athlon X2 | ||
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Phenom | Athlon X2 | |
Code Name | Agena | WindsorBrisbaneOrleansLimaManila |
Clock Speed | max. 2.30 GHz | max. 3.20 GHz |
Hypertransport | HTT 1.0HTT 2.0HTT 3.0 | HTT 1.0HTT 2.0 |
L1 Cache | 4x 64+64 kB | 2x 64+64 kB |
L2 Cache | 4x 512 kB | 2x 1 MB2x 512 kB |
L3 Cache | 2 MB | none |
Fabrication Process | 65 nm | 90 nm65 nm |
Transistors | 600 M | 227 M154 M |
DIE Area | 285 mm² | 183 mm²230 mm² |
TDP | 125 W | 125 W89 W65 W62 W45 W35 W |
Cool'n'Quiet | Version 2.0 | Version 1.0 |
Instruction Sets | MMX3DNow!NXX86-64PacificaPresidioSSESSE2SSE3SSE4A | MMX3DNow!NXX86-64PacificaPresidioSSESSE2SSE3 |
The Phenom processor carries the code name Agena and uses the B2 stepping.
CPU-Z correctly recognizes the 2 MB L3 cache